A video captured a disturbing chain-reaction collision on the 5 Freeway in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, where multiple cars, including a semi-truck, were involved in a multi-car pileup early Tuesday morning. As FOXLA reported, the incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. along the southbound lanes at Glendale Boulevard, resulting in the hospitalization of an unspecified number of individuals, their conditions remained undisclosed.
The initial crash reportedly started when a vehicle hit the center divider near Fletcher Drive, scattering debris across lanes and leading other drivers to crash while trying to evade the unexpected obstacles, KTLA's coverage suggests, subsequently several other vehicles, including nine cars and a semi, entangled in the wreckage with one car eventually tipping on its side sliding several feet on the freeway after impacting another vehicle, all lanes were closed but traffic resumed around 4:30 a.m. after the route was cleared.
According to ABC7, southbound traffic was significantly disrupted as all lanes closed during the cleanup, and traffic was diverted at Glendale Boulevard, the extent of the crash was significant with the Los Angeles Fire Department being called to the scene to assist with the injured. Though all lanes have since reopened, details on the exact cause of the initial collision and the extent of injuries incurred have not been made immediately available.
